Frenchtown Historic District
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Location | Roughly bounded by N. Fifth, Clark and French Sts. and the Missouri R., St. Charles, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 38°47′19″N 90°28′48″W / 38.78861°N 90.48000°WCoordinates: 38°47′19″N 90°28′48″W / 38.78861°N 90.48000°W |
Area | 102.6 acres (41.5 ha) |
Architect | Platte, John Joseph; Wessbecher, Louis |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial, French Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 91000216 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1991 |
Frenchtown Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. The district encompasses 205 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the Frenchtown section of St. Charles. It developed between about 1830 and 1940, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival style, Late Victorian style and Colonial style architecture. The district includes an industrial complex associated with the St. Charles Car Company, founded in 1873, and later known as the American Car and Foundry Company.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mary M. Stiritz (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frenchtown Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 25 photographs) and Site map
External links[]
Media related to Frenchtown Historic District (St. Charles, Missouri) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- American colonial architecture
- Greek Revival architecture in Missouri
- Victorian architecture in Missouri
- Buildings and structures in St. Charles County, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in St. Charles County, Missouri
- St. Louis Area, Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs
- St. Louis Area, Missouri geography stubs